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Podl, Jody Brown – Educational Leadership, 1995
Describes an English teacher's successful "guided independent reading" program for reluctant adolescent readers. She teaches her classes around large themes, chooses mirroring student interests, allows in-class reading periods, and monitors student progress. Students then work in groups to present their book to the rest of the class.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Program Descriptions, Reading Attitudes, Recreational Reading